Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Black bass \Black" bass`\ (Zo["o]l.)
   1. An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the
      genus {Micropterus}. the small-mouthed kind is {M.
      dolomie[=i]}; the large-mouthed is {M. salmoides}.

   2. The sea bass. See {Blackfish}, 3.